UMBC CCEMT-P 2016
I want to thank my wife Donna and our children and my parents Robert and Jan Sherrell.
I was really on the fence about taking this program. It was a course I wanted to pass for a very long time.
After getting back for Kurdistan, Iraq I had some free time. I had an unscheduled chance of taking this course.
I had been preparing for this course during my time working in Saudi as a paramedic, but life happened and I wasn't able to take the course then.
I continued studying throughout my time in Kurdistan, Iraq, but NREMT-P re-certification and other re-certification came up as well.
But, here was an opportunity to take this course in Kinston NC at Lenoir College. I started the potential process of taking this program while I was still in Iraq, but didn't finalize it. Kevin Justice and the crew in Lenoir were amazing and helped my wife and me set this up. Kevin was like, if you are able to get here, just show up and we will take care of the rest. All I had to do was get there...
That is when you start looking at the big picture, the cost and passing...
I truly doubted myself to the point, where I was about to miss out on this opportunity to achieve this goal.
The real reason I'm writing this is to express, not only my thankfulness of achieving this goal, but my thankfulness to those who told me I could still do it.
My wife Donna of course kept telling me that there would be no better time than now and that I could do it. But I would tell her , "it's a lot of our resources and time and what if I miss passing it?" She said "even if you do, it's all good, you know where you at, and then you will knock it out again if you have to, but go do it."
My parents Robert and Jan Sherrell on the last few days before I had to decide, whether or not to take the program, surprised me. They gave me a gift that told me that they believed in me. I was to tears thinking how thankful I am to still have parents that still, to this day encourage their children, their adult children.
Then there is that special shout out to my boy Sam Greco in Saudi, you know how long I've waited to knock this program out. "thank you for all the help."
Then to my table mates... Sandra Arnold and Diane Sparano... thanks for great classmates...
and study partners...
Thank you Father God, please continue to encourage me and others to aspire to help others by learning and knowing how to help them and to never forget it is for your glory we do things, Christ Jesus name, Amen...
